Vehicle-lamp.



C. MCKEEVER.-

VEHICLE LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 13. 191

Patented May 28, i918.

5 mum V601 CHARLES; IMQKEEVER, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, AS13143 301R- Oli BITE-HALE lift) ELEM B. HEARS, U1? J'ElfifiEY C'Illl'll', NEW

VEHICLE-LAMB 0 all wlwm it may concern:

7 Be it known that 1, CHARLES, McKee-res, at citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson ancl State of New Jersey, have invented en improvement in. Vehiclellemps, ofyhicli tlie following ise specification.

'llliis invention relates to a vehicle lamp and more particularly to a reflector forming thereof. lleretofore vehicle lamps es commonly constructed have includccl e plain reflector having it polished. surface together with it plain lens and es is generelly known, lemps of this type moire on glaring light Wliicltr is so objectionable to have become the subject of prevclitiiig leggisl i many places. 'lllie otiject of my intention is to overcome this cliflicolty end in rloiiig; so If Elli rill

have found. that by providigc'g the surface of on ordinary reflector with either e. plurclity of pimples or projections, or a plurality of smell recesses or inclenturcs, the light is broken up so as to overcome the glow log elfcct. in carrying out my invention therefore, I employ in a vehicle lamp ere fiector having o plurality of pimples or projections, or recesses or indentiires ploccrl in the surface thereof as hereinafter descriiied.

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Figure l is 9. plan of a; reflector meile in eccor'rlence with this lIlU'BIllJlGlL Fig. 2 is e siaie elevation eiirl partial cross section illustrating the same in e inomitecl position, one! 3 is a View siiriiler to Fig. El illustreting the use of tlie reflector in. c, lemp pro viclecl with or. erirlitionol casing.

Referring to the drawing encl particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, in carrying out this inter. tion I employ a reflector 310 made of sheet ziietel or similar materiel and which, as shown in Fig. 2 may also be employed the casing of the lamps TlILG reflector is suit ebly connected to bracket 11 mounted in the post 12 end the perts fizrcol. in place by e thumoscrew 13 or otl'zerwise. gllllltth'le connections are mode tiirough the bracket 11 to the lamp bulb l/l which may loo secorcrl in position in the usual or. any ClQSlI'Bil manner. The reflector is provirleclwitlic rim 15 having slots 16 to receive pics i? limo in periphery of the reflector in orcler to secure the rim l5 and the lens 18 in position.-

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As'shown in Fig. the reflector 10 may loe suitably mounted it the casing; 19 which I in turn is fired to the lareclret l1. lie. this instance as will be understood, the rim l5 fits the periphery of the ceasing and may be secured. in place thereon by the pics 17 err tering tlio siots 16 provided therefor in the, rim es described in connection with 2.,v

in either event eml es illustrated. in the drawing, the surface of the reflector is pro rifled with series of pimples or projections Q0 which as illustretedi, may be placed in l'tlllfil lines, or as will lie underctoodt'mey be placed, irregularly or in my desired men rete'etee ret ree lore,

oer and serve to breolr up the light giving the appearance of e multitude of-miiiiotiire' lamps or lights, end thereby preventing the glare which is orriiuerily obtained by the use of e. pie/in surfece reflector, i ls showy].

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in the crowing the projections in tlce reflecting surface may to meals by dent-log the outer surface of-the reflector is such o meriner however as not to perforate the material of which the reflector is' made. As hereinbefore SfitiMlllUVl/GVGI", the irregulerities in the surface of the reflector may loe recesses pics or projections more 1particulm lyv (loscrilaeol.

I I claim as my invention:

1. In vehicle lemp e11 imperforeie sheet or imlentores plecerl similefly to the piinor motel reflector liming an outer or onct polislieo surface cool on inner polishedrefleeting surface interrupted et vpredetermineol intervals 1n. spocod positions col in .preerreogedi conligoreti ns by e plurality of projections mode one surface by corre soomling indentations in the other surface.

2. fire vehicle lamp on imperforate sheet mote-l reflector having" o plurality of recesses intlented iii pre-errangecl configuretion in one surface thereof and melting corresponrl 'ing; promotions in the other surface thereof,

there being an appreciable extent of 1mmterrupted polished reflecting surfece on the inner side of the reflector between each of the ssici projections cool its corresponding recess.

3, in a vehicle lamp on imperforcte sheet metal-reflector herring e plurality of recesses iiiclentcd in the outer surface thereof pro ducing; corresponding projections inc the inner or reflecting surface thereof, seicl pro Wis jections being arranged in radial rows e1naof said projections being arranged in radial nating from the center of the reflector. rows emanating from the center thereof 4. In a vehicle lamp an imperforate sheet While other projections are arranged in rela- 1 metal reflector having a plurality of recesses tively short intermediate rows adjacent the 5 indented in theouter surface thereof pro? outer edge of the reflector.

ducing corresponding projections in the Signed bynie this 23rd day of April 1917. inner or reflecting surface thereof, certain CHARLES MGKEEVER. 

